How our garden grows

My husband had a mini vacation over the 4th of July holiday. He spent most of it outside digging our gardens. In the high heat & humidity. I stayed in the house where it was slightly cooler and kept him hydrated.

He made the raised beds a few weeks ago and I started the seeds on March 19th. For the most part only our pepper seeds did REALLY WELL. We were able to transfer only 3 eggplant plants and all the lettuce died. 

 This was supposed to have dirt added in but that didn't happen this year. Next year though! Instead my husband dug the ground up; sifted all the dirt taking out tons of huge rocks; roofing nails; finding some marbles and dimes and other things. He then replaced all the sifted soil. We bought 3 tomato plants; transferred 6 of the healthiest looking pepper plants and all 3 eggplants.

 We have 2 raised beds and in the second one we planted 200 carrot seeds (WHOA!) and planted I believe 50 lettuce seeds. I lost count.

 Our tomato plants are very happy to be in the ground. This little fellow is already twice this size & this picture was taken 24 hours ago! We have three different kinds of tomatoes but at the moment I can only remember Big Boy and Beef Steak. 

3 weeks ago my husband dug up and sifted this area and then we planted 45 gladiola bulbs. So far 41 have popped up. This coming weekend we are hoping to dig up another area this same size and plant the remaining 45 bulbs.

We got a (very) late start on our vegetable garden this year. But this just means that we should hopefully be having lots of vegetables up until the first frost this fall! 

Weekending

We've pretty much had a 5 day weekend here as my husband has been off work since the 4th. He spent almost all that time outside and we now have our gardens planted. That's a post for itself coming this week though!

Ree has enjoyed having her daddy home. She loves to help outside. All those rocks up top came from the garden! We've also been having tremendous heat and both Ree & I get VERY cranky.

We took a trip to the zoo yesterday with one of her little friends. Then came home where Ree took a very nice nap! Thankfully today the heat isn't as bad nor is the humidity! She and her daddy are now taking naps. I'm puttering around the house doing a few chores that have been sorely neglected. I'm also brainstorming ideas for both a housekeeping notebook/journal and some activities for Ree and I to do in the coming weeks. I'm thinking reading books then doing some activities related to them. I need to find a system to write down my ideas though as I tend to forget them as soon as I get up from the computer.

I hope everyone else is having a good weekend!

This Moment

Mother-daughter matching hair-do's!

Linking up with Amanda at Soulemama!

Happy 4th!

Our 4th of July holiday was full of: food, fun, family, friends & fireworks!

 I made rice krispies treats thanks to the suggestion by my sister. Then found this rice krispies treat sparkler idea on Pintrest. Next year I'll do this! 

 Ree & I decorated our driveway for the holiday with a flag & fireworks side-walk chalk drawings. Then it rained for a little bit & started to wash our flag away! Thankfully the weather cleared so we could enjoy the outdoor activities!

We went to our city's fireworks display on the 3rd. Then yesterday we went to a friend's cookout & my hometown firework display.

Ree loved the fireworks on a few conditions: as long as she had glow bracelets to play with; a lap to sit in; and she could see them. She loved pointing out the colors. She doesn't like (AT ALL) the neighborhood fireworks that you can only hear & not see. Too much like thunder for her!

My husband took the rest of the week off so we're in vacation mode right now. Lazy, hazy summer days here we come!

Yarn Along

This week has been about the hats. I finished up my first Miranda Hat and cast on for the second. I haven't taken any pictures of the second one since the ribbing edge. I've finished the pattern repeat though and am onto the decreases!

I haven't worked on my granny squares for the granny square along since last week. I'm thinking once I finish the second Miranda hat I'll hold off on casting on another until I get caught up with the granny squares!

I'm almost finished reading Accidents of Providence. It's a slow moving book and I'm not too thrilled with it. Set in 1646 it's about a woman who conceives a child out of wedlock and the baby dies. She is put on trial for murder and won't defend herself (she didn't kill the baby). It's a pretty dark, slow moving book. Not a very good light summer read. I should just stick to Anne of Green Gables!

I hope everyone enjoys their 4th of July Holiday!

Joy Daring

Sharing a list of the on-going One Thousand Gifts:

cool breezes

evening knitting on the deck

leftovers

little cousins loving each other like siblings

sisters

parents

summer

sunsets

plants that are thriving

the hope for vegetables from our own garden

bunches of clover picked for me

walking through the grass barefoot

the smell of summer rain

Weekending

Weekending garden style.

While Ree & I were busy Saturday with a little friend's birthday party & then a playdate at the beach, Daddy stayed home and dug up one of the gardens. My little seeds are in desperate need of being put in the ground!

The first picture Ree is telling me "no pictures!" She wanted me to wait until it was finished!

Later in the week I'll do a "all planted" post!

The heat here is tremendous. But I am not complaining after hearing about the people down south without power due to those storms.

Right now there's a thunderstorm moving into the area. I'm hoping it will help take away some humidity. But of course it had to happen just when we decided to have an impromptu cook-out. I'm hoping it's out of here by the time I wanted to start the grill up!

Linking up with Amanda at The Habit of Being!